Arcane Inc.: Books 1-4 (Arcane Inc. Box Set) by Sean Stone

Author:Sean Stone [Stone, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-08-22T06:00:00+00:00

8

I was expecting a result within a couple of hours but I was left disappointed. Not so much as a twinge. I kept busy looking over the files again. The last kidnapping had happened four days ago. On average they seemed to occur five days apart. So a kidnapping was due any time now. By the time the sun was going down I was getting hungry. I didn’t keep much food at home so I headed out. I went to Muggs, ordered my usual chicken burger and then sat down in my usual booth. Far too predictable, I know, but I’m a creature of habit.

Above my head was a dangling golden bell which had been hung up along with all the other Christmas decorations. I had no idea what was christmassy about a bell but then the same could be said for half the decorations I could see. Not too far away there was a toy soldier dangling from the ceiling. What’s that all about? The bell was annoying me so I incinerated it. I had half a mind to do the same to the other pointless bits of tat all over the ceiling but I resisted the urge. I’ve got nothing against Christmas decorations, it’s just the cheap looking ones that have no obvious relevance that piss me off.

“Bobby says you’ve gotta replace the bell,” the waitress said when she brought my food over.

I sighed. “Add it to my bill,” I said. I couldn’t imagine that it had cost that much. It wasn’t even a real bell, it was made of foil. Bobby was always charging me for things I destroyed. Unfair really.

I ate in silence, watching everybody else go about their lives in the pub. I like to people watch sometimes. There’s something fascinating about watching somebody live their life completely ignorant to the fact you’re watching. That probably makes me sound quite creepy. That’s not how I meant it.

“I thought I’d find you here.” I looked up and saw Matt standing at the edge of the booth.

“I thought you was done with me,” I said bitterly. I finished the last bite of my burger and then pushed the plate way.

“Not yet.” He grinned and slid in opposite me putting his beer down on the table.

“What happened in the meeting?” I kept my tone even. I wasn’t happy with Matt. It was weird because I knew that he was in the right and had technically done nothing wrong but that didn’t change the fact that I was so annoyed with him for threatening to be done with me. I don’t take rejection very well.

“Clara said she was impressed with my hacking skills and then she promoted me.” He was smiling like the Cheshire cat.

“What?”

“I know. I thought I was getting fired or worse. Instead I’m now an IT specialist. I get my own office and everything.” I was too bitter to share in his joy. And confused. Mainly bitter though.

“What do you do now then?” I hate vague job titles like “IT specialist”, it doesn’t tell you anything about what the job actually is.

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